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has not been deemed necessary to reproduce in extenso), that
the two Companies to be allotted to the Parish should be the
St. James's and Pall Mall Company, who were already in possession
of the field acting under a licence, and the Londou
Electric Supply Corporation, who obtained a footing by
means not contemplated when the Electric Lighting Act was
passed in 1882, and to whose system the Vestry entertained
strong objections.
Nothwithstanding Major Marindin's Report, however, the
Vestry still view with grave apprehension the introduction
of a system of electric lighting by which the current is
carried under the streets at so high a tension as 10,000
volts.
Some correspondence ensued with the Board of Trade as to
the particular Company to be admitted into the Parish to
compete with the local Company, but the Board explained that
they had been obliged toconsider the circumstances of London
generally, and regretted that it had not been found possible in
every case to give effect to the wishes of the various Local
Authorities.
In the result, a Provisional Older was granted to the
London Electric Supply Corporation, this Parish being
included in their area of supply, which Order has since been
confirmed by Parliament.
The Parishioners will thus have the option of taking a
supply of electricity from either one of two Companies, who
are generating and distributing the current on entirely
different systems. Experience alone will show whether
either system possesses the advantages of economy and applicability
to all purposes, or whether one is better adapted to
some conditions and the other to different conditions.